Special to The OBSERVER - Grammy-nominated jazz virtuoso Braxton Cook returns to Sacramento for a special performance at the Mondavi Center, a benefit concert supporting local students.

Count Your Blessings” is one of the most loved hymns. It was written by Johnson Oatman Jr. who wrote some 5,000 hymn texts during his lifetime. Oatman, who was born April 12, 1856, was also ...

US president says his relationship with religion has changed after two unsuccessful attempts on his life during election ...

Metal hooks weighed down with milk pots skewered the flesh of men’s backs as tridents pierced their cheeks and tongues.

Michael Reagan, who has long been a conservative commentator and speaker, understands the problems that can come from rampant ...

PEOPLE do not hold celebrations to celebrate the death of a family member. Celebrating the death of a family or someone in ...

Taking care of the hunger problem just keeps getting tougher.

Volunteers mobilized this week for a count and survey of Durango’s and La Plata County’s unhoused population. There's not ...

It was Johnson’s first game scoring in double-digits since the Utes’ win over No. 3 Notre Dame two days after Thanksgiving. “I was just focusing on being aggressive tonight. I feel like that’s ...

Mumbai: The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA), a metaphorical lighthouse whose hostels have granted shelter to generations of working women i.

In 2007, Time magazine asserted that the Bible “has done more to shape literature, history, entertainment, and culture than any book ever written.” With phrases like “an eye for an eye” and “thou ...